B: RE: A36 upgrades

[BobsV35B at aol.com]

Good Morning Ron,
 
It is not at all unusual for similar aircraft to be ten knots faster or  
slower than one another.
 
In general, a Bonanza will be 3 to 4 knots faster than a similarly equipped  
and rigged Debonair when both are flown at the same weight, same horsepower 
and  same CG. 
 
The Debonair will be about 1 or 2 knots faster than the Stretch Debbie at  
the  same weight, horsepower and CG, but they will almost always be flown  at a 
heavier weight and weight can account for a loss of as much as ten knots  for 
a five hundred pound difference in weight.
 
If John Deakin was flying around at three thousand pounds while you are  
flying at four thousand pounds, he should be substantially faster.
 
There are many exceptionally fast Stretch Debbies and there are many  
unusually slow Bonanzas, but the Bonanza definitely has the potential of being a  
faster flying machine than does the Stretch Debbie.
 
I have one of the slowest Bonanzas that I know of. One of my neighbors has  
an airplane that is only a couple of years older than mine, is similarly  
equipped and is at least ten knots faster than mine. 
 
Mike Smith had a very good business making ones like mine go fast like my  
neighbors does!
 
Happy  Skies,

Old Bob
AKA
Bob Siegfried
Ancient Aviator
Stearman  N3977A
Brookeridge Air Park LL22
Downers Grove, IL 60516
630 985-8503  

 
In a message dated 1/1/2008 10:31:16 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
rcjeffries at verizon.net writes:

(snip)Bonanzas are getting and secondly I doubt that there are very few  that 
are
getting the type of performance that John talks about.  Ron  Jeffries






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